Really enjoyed this chapter and how you’re continuing to spin out the wonderful details in this story. Tony being happy for Abby and Gibbs is so adorable and Ducky’s concern and helpfulness is so sweet. The part when Abby let it slip that Hastings had wanted her, was wonderfully written. From your descriptions, I can just picture Gibbs’ shock and Tony assuring him that he would never have let Abby go. Love Gibbs’ acknowledgement that he trusted Tony with his life and Abby’s life.

The quiet conversation between Gibbs and Tony is so perfect, knowing how protective they both are of Abby. Really interesting how you’ve pointed out the similarities between Gibbs and Hastings, and yet the different path they each took in dealing with their loss.

And I really love how, at the end, you’ve introduced the next part to this story of Gibbs’ recuperation at home! Very intriguing how you’ve given us Abby’s thoughts and concerns about the situation in which they will be starting out as a couple. This is such a captivating story!

Fav bit… "Did everything I could to keep Abby safe," Tony said reassuringly. "Until you could take that honor back yourself...I'd never let anything happen to her." (I just love how Tony said this!)

*hauls self off floor*... wow, that was worth waiting 21 chapters for! So hot and tender and sensual, and I love the caring side of Abby that comes out even here, distracted as she is.

Also love that thought Gibbs has of not having seen her except in his fantasies, and you conveyed the urgency and hunger from having held back all these years..

Loved this - Things could have turned out so differently and she couldn't be anything but grateful that from such pain and heartache, something so joyful was taking place between them.

The whole thing was such a feel good chapter and some smokin' visuals, as if the day is not hot enough already. and dear god, woman, I think my hormones exploded with some of these lines...

Gibbs sought out the spider web tattoo on her neck and traced it with his tongue, licking in rhythm with the grinding of his hips into her...

She knew he'd want to be as dominant in bed as he tried to be with everything else, and she couldn't wait to be completely at his mercy, but this time she fully intended on taking control. *dominant Gibbs will never be anything but smokin' hot... and you know he wouldn't be able to resist taking control at the end*

their skin bare and their emotions so open and vulnerable that Abby found herself at a loss what to say. She was captivated by his nakedness and so completely overwhelmed by the desire she saw reflected back at her... 8such a tender moment in amongst the lust*...

For so long she'd tried to imagine what being with him would be like, but not even her most vivid and erotic fantasies had even come close to this... feeling the weight of him on top of her and having him still buried inside her. *squeaking noises*...

and I'm just going to curl up in a happy ball in the gutter and wait for wet!Gibbs...